tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582430197587539161.post3119622690136690680..comments2015-02-08T07:15:48.286-08:00Comments on OddBabblings: Time for another serious post..OddBabblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452645794227343092noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582430197587539161.post-20662963758455984952008-12-19T13:03:00.000-08:002008-12-19T13:03:00.000-08:00Amen to that Barney! Funnily enough I had a really...Amen to that Barney! Funnily enough I had a really similar experience today. After a lot of crying about the pain of life I picked up this Christian book about love with a smug looking family on the back (always a bad idea!) and it was full of 'life will be rosy if you just do this...' and 'answers' which quite frankly didn't scratch anywhere near where I was itching. So I thought 'Bobbins to that' (or words to that effect!), threw it on the floor and picked up my Bible. I had a look through at Job, Ezekiel and other interesting characters who know all about real life and real struggles and who also know the real God who is bigger than all that. Life's complicated, messy, excrutiatingly painful and just plain crap at times, but I'm glad that I know a God who doesn't try and 'explain away' suffering but instead bottles my tears, listens to my ranting with compassion and never leaves me even when I can't stand to be with myself. And he's the only one who is able to promise that there WILL be an end to all the pain. Amen to that!<BR/><BR/>By Anne Witton, at Sun Jul 23, 08:33:00 PM 2006 <BR/><BR/>Amen. great post.x<BR/><BR/>By -bb-, at Sun Jul 23, 09:08:00 PM 2006 <BR/><BR/>I love you. And I love that there are people out in this world who know the reality and who don't hide it. Here's to shouting out in the rain, knowing that at least we are shouting to someone. And here's to randomly writing this in a cafe in Bulgaria with Iron Madien on in the background, can I come home yet? <BR/>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR/><BR/>By Kath, at Thu Jul 27, 12:50:00 PM 2006 <BR/><BR/>great post, Roy! have just returned home from what is always the highlight of the summer a.k.a. Bredon, and am uploading photos and such. so according to your will, i have left you my link in order to be initiated into your blogging circle. (I think the pretentious adjective we chose was 'Bohemian' but then we were distracted by a certain song about man-boobs...)<BR/><BR/>By susie t, at Thu Aug 10, 07:34:00 PM 2006OddBabblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452645794227343092noreply@blogger.com